Ratking said:
Nice work
I wish I could weld like that. It looks like a robots work. Any trix how to make a good weld?
Those are beautiful welds. The entire build is what I consider to be the way all e-bikes should be designed. Bags, duct tape and zip straps are for us who just want to get going. I keep waiting for someone in China to see this concept and quit scabbing lunch boxes on 200 year old bicycles. The battery box should be the structure, not something hanging in the triangle, or behind you, where you don't want the weight.
The most difficult part of welding is believing you can do it. It is a manual skill, just like any other co-ordinated skill. Take any 14 year old kid, tell him what to do and turn him loose. He will weld surprisingly well. With an adult, you can spend days convincing him that he can do it, before he will even try.
I can stick any type of metal together, but after a time away from it, I am never happy with my work until I've put in a good 8 hours. My friend, who welds SS pressure vessels, always spends a week in the practice booth before going to work, if he has been off for a couple of months. EVERY TIME. I can not see the difference between his first weld and his last weld, at the end of the week. He says that he can't see the surface difference either, but the X-Ray machine can see the entire weld. When a welder is paid $1000 a day, and will sit on a jobsite watching DVD's for 29 out of 30 days, that one weld must be perfect, first time every time.
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Check pm when you log on, suggested a ride if your up to it over the weekend and have time.... Chat soon, keep up the great work mate 
